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Auto repair shops in Limestone County, AL

How Limestone County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 84 out of 100: High

Ranked #63 of 2,378 scored counties
#1 of 60 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
71
8 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
26
+4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$43.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,062 a household
Spending per listing
$613K
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
122,928
+18.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Limestone County scores 84 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #63 of 2,378 scored counties and #1 of 60 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.

Households in Limestone County spend about $43.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,062 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $613K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 38% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Limestone County has 71 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.3, 20% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Limestone County was 26 in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,575 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $830K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Limestone County. Population estimates show Limestone County grew 18.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Limestone County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Auto repair shops in Limestone County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureLimestone CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.321.121.5
Spending per listing$613K$440K$445K
Households per official establishment1,5751,150955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%+4.6%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+18.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,062$929$958
Median household income$83,629$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score8455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 26+4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
112Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
718 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
98The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$830K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Limestone County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Limestone County

Population, 2025 estimate
122,928+18.0% since 2020
Households
40,953
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
563 sq. mi.
People per square mile
197
Median household income
$83,629+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,289
Median home value
$281,000
Jobs located here
33,073
Daytime population
98,251Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Limestone County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL847117.3$613K+18.0%#63 of 2,378
2Cherokee County, AL801716.7$597K+5.8%#119 of 2,378
3Winston County, AL791313.8$763K+1.4%#129 of 2,378
4Henry County, AL7679.9$916K+7.1%#183 of 2,378
5Baldwin County, AL7316817.0$568K+14.8%#268 of 2,378
6Lee County, AL7311817.0$554K+8.6%#270 of 2,378
7Elmore County, AL726118.6$555K+4.2%#294 of 2,378
8Madison County, AL7129918.1$527K+11.0%#320 of 2,378
9Cleburne County, AL701220.1$512K+6.0%#352 of 2,378
10Shelby County, AL6918020.7$512K+6.5%#385 of 2,378

Other business types in Limestone County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Limestone County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 auto repair shops in Limestone County. 8 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. Another 112 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Limestone County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $43.5M a year, or $1,062 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $613K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,953 households in Limestone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Limestone County, AL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Limestone County has 17.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $613K, 38% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Limestone County would have about 98, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,575 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Limestone County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Limestone County at 122,928 people in 2025, up 18.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,953 households. Median household income in Limestone County is $83,629, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Limestone County scores 84 for auto repair shops (high), #63 of 2,378 scored counties.

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